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SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – A former director of Brazilian engineering firm Odebrecht SA told prosecutors that the company made several illegal contributions to politicians from the ruling PMDB party including President Michel Temer, according to a report aired last night by Globo TV.

BATON ROUGE, La, (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump yesterday pledged to stop companies from abusing the visa process for foreign workers in a way that undermines the labour market for Americans.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – South Korean lawmakers voted overwhelmingly on Friday to impeach President Park Geun-hye over an influence-peddling scandal, setting the stage for her to become the country’s first elected leader to be expelled from office in disgrace.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi handpicked a trusted bureaucrat, little known outside India’s financial circles, to spearhead a radical move to abolish 86 percent of the country’s cash overnight and take aim at the huge shadow economy.

(Reuters) – John Glenn, who became one of the 20th century’s greatest explorers as the first American to orbit Earth and later as the world’s oldest astronaut, and also had a long career as a U.S.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who came to power promising to run an open and ethical government, is embroiled in allegations over political fund raisers that could tarnish his image as a youthful reformer.

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump plans to nominate a third retired general for a top job in his new administration with the choice of a battle-hardened Marine commander to lead the agency set up after the Sept.

PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, (Reuters) – There were no survivors after a plane carrying 47 people crashed into a mountain in northern Pakistan yesterday, the airline’s chairman said, as recovery operations continued late into the night at the remote crash site.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuba said yesterday it hoped to sign off on at least half a dozen agreements with the United States before businessman Donald Trump, who has threatened to derail detente between the former Cold War foes, becomes president on Jan.

(Philip N. Howard is a professor of sociology, information and international affairs at Oxford University.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A New York state court yesterday temporarily stopped New York City from destroying the personal records of hundreds of thousands of municipal I.D.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump took aim at drugmakers yesterday by promising in a magazine interview that “I’m going to bring down drug prices,” sending shares of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies lower.

PIDIE JAYA/JAKARTA, Indonesia, (Reuters) – The death toll from a strong earthquake that hit northern Indonesia’s Aceh province on Wednesday has doubled to at least 50, Indonesia’s disaster agency said, as rescuers searched dozens of collapsed buildings for trapped survivors.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A Bahamian man was sentenced to five years in U.S.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition said yesterday talks with President Nicolas Maduro’s administration were off until the leftist government keeps promises on elections and foreign aid, casting further doubt on Vatican-brokered attempts to alleviate the country’s deep political crisis.

CHENNAI, India, (Reuters) – Masses of grieving supporters wailed, beat their chests and cast flowers yesterday as actress-turned-politician Jayaram Jayalalithaa, one of India’s most powerful leaders, was buried on the shorefront in Chennai.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – The president of Brazil’s Senate refused yesterday to accept a Supreme Court injunction removing him from office, pushing the country towards a constitutional crisis as it struggles to end political gridlock and an economic recession.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A Surinamese man convicted of acting as the “right-hand man” to the son of the country’s president during a scheme to send large amounts of cocaine to the United States was sentenced yesterday to 11-1/4 years in a U.S.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – A former Haitian coup leader wanted by the U.S.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Demonstrators protested across Brazil yesterday to denounce corruption and a congressional vote perceived as an effort to intimidate judges and prosecutors leading graft probes.